People Quiz #245
Famous People Quiz for 24 September 2013
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Q1.
Which of these film directors is Australian?
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Q2.
Which of these was a British actor, writer, dramatist, filmmaker, theatre and opera director, director, stage designer, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter between 1940 and 2004?
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Q3.
Which of these was an American alternative rock band that existed from 1980 to 2009, originally formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with members singer/guitarist/songwriter Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie, and drummers Victor DeLorenzo (1980-1993 & 2002-2009) and Guy Hoffman (1993-2002)?
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Q4.
On 17 June 1994, what vehicle was O J Simpson driving in a slow-speed chase by police at 35 miles per hour (56 km/h)?
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Q5.
David Ben-Gurion was the first prime minister of where?
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Q6.
Which of these people was not assassinated in 1963?
A
Lord Louis Mountbatten, British admiral and former Governor-General of India
B
Sylvanus Olympio, first president of independent Togo
C
Medgar Evers, U.S. civil rights activist
D
John F. Kennedy, President of the USA
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Q7.
Jane and Michael were the two children who featured in which of these?
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